Some bacteria can sense when they bump into each other and use these interactions to shape how the group organizes and moves.

More than 80 years ago, scientists discovered that differences in yellow pigmentation were critical to courtship success and ...

Experts at the company don't know what the newfound system does, so its potential utility in biology—if any—remains unclear.

In the relentless biological arms race between bacteria and the viruses that prey upon them, researchers have uncovered a ...

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the world's top public health threats. Often termed a silent pandemic, ...

A new case report from Yemen describes an extremely rare coexistence of necrotizing fasciitis and myiasis in a 38-year-old ...

Chemosynthetic bacteria have been documented in various marine environments and in association with invertebrate hosts such ...

A swimming centre in St Helier has closed temporarily due to the discovery of bacteria. Aquasplash said during one of its ...

Scientists discovered that disrupting the chemical messages bacteria use to communicate can push dental plaque toward a healthier microbial balance. The approach could lead to new treatments for gum ...

The limits of Anthropic’s finding also point to a more fundamental issue. What made Crispr revolutionary was that scientists ...

How much damage a stroke causes in the brain depends strongly on how quickly blood flow can be restored. The patient’s own ...

A scrappy science project led to a significant discovery: two new species of a rare organism that could elucidate a ...